4/12 (OP): AR Derby (G1), Oaklawn H. (G2), No. Spur, Instant Racing

[Kasept]

8th (4:10) Northern Spur S.

1 Mile | Open | 3 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $100,000

1 Six Spot Santana R Jr 119 L
2 Bourbonize Vazquez R A 117 Blk-On L
3 Knock Em Flat Quinonez L S 115 L
4 Zen's Way Ocampo I 115 L
5 Rivers Run Deep Rosario J 115 L
6 Sheltowee's Boy Navarro J 117 L
7 Unstoppable Colby Saez L 115 L
8 Fabulous Kid Loveberry J 115 L
9 Son of Dixie Berry M C 115 L
10 Northern Merit Martinez S B 115 L



9th (4:49) Instant Racing S.

6 Furlongs | Fillies | 3 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $100,000

1 Adrianne G Berry M C 115 L
2 Jojo Warrior Stevens G L 115 L
3 Annuity Rosario J 115 L
4 Street Story Santana R Jr 122 L
5 Sweetmarys Success Smith M E 119 L
6 Our Laughing Lady Canchari A 115 L
7 Midnight Eclipse Tohill K S 117 L



10th (5:27) Oaklawn H. (G2)

1 1/8 Miles | Open | 4 Year Olds And Up Stakes | Purse: $600,000

1 Revolutionary Smith M E 117 L
2 Will Take Charge Saez L 123 L
3 Right to Vote Santana R Jr 113 L
4 Carve Castanon J L 113 L
5 Moreno Rosario J 118 L
6 Golden Lad Stevens G L 116 L
7 Prayer for Relief Arroyo N Jr 116 L



11th (6:07) Arkansas Derby (G1)

1 1/8 Miles | Open | 3 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $1,000,000

1 Danza Bravo J 118 L
2 Knock Em Flat Quinonez L S 118 L
3 Tapiture Rosario J 122 L
4 Ride On Curlin Court J K 118 L
5 Thundergram Arroyo N Jr 118 Blk-On L
6 Commissioner Smith M E 118 L
7 Conquest Titan Borel C H 122 L
8 Bayern Stevens G L 118 L
9 Strong Mandate Saez L 122 L

[letswastemoney]

Funny how no one is critical Bayern gets a G1 start in his third start, while everyone bashed Social Inclusion for it.

The rule used in handicapping here is when a field of horses has been taking turns beating each other, or doesn't look that different from each other in quality overall (I don't think Tapiture is a whole lot better than Strong Mandate and Ride On Curlin), take a look at the newcomers.

Bayern will crush these.

[my miss storm cat]

Ride On Curlin for me...

[docvegas.]

With jockey switch on tapiture, I am all over bayern to win and commish for the bottom of multis. Baffert race to loose.

[tywizard]

Smith - Pletcher - Winstar late Double.

As a complete aside if you're a UK fan an haven't read the piece in the Dallas paper about the Winstar/Trout and Julius Randle connection...Do yourself a favor and check it out. http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/col...ggest-star.ece

[RockHardTen1985]

Originally Posted by letswastemoney

Funny how no one is critical Bayern gets a G1 start in his third start, while everyone bashed Social Inclusion for it.

The rule used in handicapping here is when a field of horses has been taking turns beating each other, or doesn't look that different from each other in quality overall (I don't think Tapiture is a whole lot better than Strong Mandate and Ride On Curlin), take a look at the newcomers.

Bayern will crush these.

I'm with you here. Bayern is an A and Strong Mandate is my B. Ending a very nice pick 3 with those two.

[letswastemoney]

I admit I was wrong about Bayern crushing the field. I didn't think he raced poorly...he just did not handle the pace pressure as well as I hoped.

Still fought at the end though.

[cakes44]

Worse Derby field than the Big Brown derby?

[Kasept]

Originally Posted by cakes44

Worse Derby field than the Big Brown derby?

Here's 12 best Beyers of the field (without today's figs). What's wrong with the level of performance these have established?

California Chrome SA 08 Mar 1 1/16M 108
Wicked Strong AQU 05 Apr 1 1/8M 104
Chitu SUN 23 Mar 1 1/8M 102
General a Rod GP 22 Feb 1 1/16M 101
Wildcat Red GP 22 Feb 1 1/16M 101
Hoppertunity OP 15 Mar 1 1/16M 100
Constitution GP 29 Mar 1 1/8M 99
Tapiture OP 15 Mar 1 1/16M 99
Wildcat Red GP 29 Mar 1 1/8M 99
Midnight Hawk SUN 23 Mar 1 1/8M 98
Ride On Curlin OP 15 Mar 1 1/16M 98
Samraat AQU 05 Apr 1 1/8M 98

[miraja2]

Originally Posted by cakes44

Worse Derby field than the Big Brown derby?

I don't think so.
I'd say 2014 is definitely better than 2009 as well (Friesan Fire was the favorite and Mine that Bird was the winner).